Hello,
I'm converting my Mercedes c107. To drive it I need to have it safety tested at the TuV center in Germany. They need to know if the car is safe in a crash and nobody will be the victim of high currents.
In a crash I most likely will not have the time to use the manual circuit breaker. I think I need an automatic one, something like an accelerationswitch, which will disconnect the circuit at strategic places if the car slows down way too fast.
Is there maybe already a solution out there? Has anybody some hints?
Many thanks in advance!
Martijn
Hi Martijn,
could idea to use a crash sensor.
there is this:
http://www.evworks.com.au/index.php?product=SWI-FCO
combine this with break-up contactors (a contactor every 48v), you EV will be electrically safe in the event of a crash.
Matt
Daily Ride:
2007 Vectrix, modified with 42 x Thundersky 60Ah in July 2010. Done 194'000km
Hoi Matt,
thanks for the info! But is 8 - 15 G enough? I am not an expert on gravity and I do not know how many G's arise when driving over a hole in the road. There are probably some Newtonian formula's I have to look up.
I have 10 12V batteries, so I will apply 2 more breakers. The TuV should be satisfied, i hope.
Martijn
Martijn Pieffers
pieffers [at] gmail.com
IIRC,
that part is actually a ford part used in their current cars.
an impact thats more than 8G is usually sufficient to write a car off.
a pot hole certainly wont set it off
Matt
Daily Ride:
2007 Vectrix, modified with 42 x Thundersky 60Ah in July 2010. Done 194'000km
A tipical 'aha' moment. Until now I did not realise that an Inertia Switch does that.
A day not learned...
Thanks,
Martijn
Martijn Pieffers
pieffers [at] gmail.com